Foam flower
Tiarella cordifolia
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
8
USDA Hardiness Zone 8
10 to 20°F • Warm winter climates
Includes sub-zones: 8a, 8b|Ideal for: perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees|5587 total plants
Zone 8 quick answer
What grows in USDA Zone 8?
Plants rated for Zone 8 are expected to tolerate average annual extreme winter lows in the 10 to 20°F range. This collection contains 5587 matching plant profiles, including perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees.
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Fontanesia
Fontanesia fortunei
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Food wrapper plant
Mallotus japonicus
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Foothill penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus 'Electric Blue'
- USDA zones
- 6–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Forget-me-not
Myosotis sylvatica 'Victoria Blue'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forget-me-not
Myosotis scorpioides 'Semperflorens'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Formosan gum
Liquidambar formosana
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Formosan lily
Lilium formosanum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Arnold Dwarf'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Courtasol' GOLD TIDE
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Happy Centennial'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Fiesta'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Gold Leaf'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Little Renee'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Forsythia
Forsythia 'Minfor6' SHOW OFF STARLET
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fortunearia
Fortunearia sinensis
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Foster holly
Ilex × attenuata 'Fosteri'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fothergilla
Fothergilla × intermedia 'Blue Shadow'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fothergilla
Fothergilla × intermedia 'Klmsixteen' MAY BOUQUET
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Honey'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Weserbergland'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum orientale 'Tall Tails'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cassian's Choice'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Piglet'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum 'First Knight'
- USDA zones
- 7–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Ginger Love'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Rocket'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Burgundy Bunny'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides HUSH PUPPY
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fourleaf milkweed
Asclepias quadrifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fox grape
Vitis labrusca 'Niagara'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Foxtail bog clubmoss
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Foxtail lily
Eremurus himalaicus
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant epaulette tree
Pterostyrax hispidus
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant snowball
Viburnum × carlcephalum
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant snowbell
Styrax obassia
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant sumac
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fragrant sumac
Rhus aromatica
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fragrant sweet box
Sarcococca ruscifolia
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant tea olive
Osmanthus fragrans f. Aurantiacus 'Orange Supreme'
- USDA zones
- 8–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fragrant viburnum
Viburnum 'NCVX4' SWEET TALKER
- USDA zones
- 7–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Franklin tree
Franklinia alatamaha
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fraser photinia
Photinia × fraseri
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fraser photinia
Photinia × fraseri 'Red Robin'
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Freeman maple
Acer × freemanii 'Jeffersred' AUTUMN BLAZE
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Freeman maple
Acer × freemanii 'Marmo'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Freeman maple
Acer × freemanii 'Scarsen' SCARLET SENTINEL
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
French lace
Lavandula multifida
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
French marigold
Tagetes patula
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Strawberry Blonde'
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
French tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus 'Sativa'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fringe tree
Chionanthus virginicus
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fringed pink
Dianthus superbus 'Crimsonia'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Fringed poppy mallow
Callirhoe digitata
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Fringed sedge
Carex crinita
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fringeleaf tickseed
Coreopsis integrifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fritillary
Fritillaria michailovskyi
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fritillary
Fritillaria raddeana
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Frost grass
Spodiopogon sibiricus
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fumewort
Corydalis solida
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Fuzzy deutzia
Deutzia scabra 'Candidissima'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fuzzy deutzia
Deutzia scabra 'Codsall Pink'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Fuzzy deutzia
Deutzia scabra
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden balsam
Impatiens balsamina
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum morifolium 'Bedazzled Bronze'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Matchsticks'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Garden pea
Pisum sativum
- USDA zones
- 2–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'David'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Eva Cullum'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Mount Fuji'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Robert Poore'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Shortwood'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata f. Alba
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Eden's Crush'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Miss Holland'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Laura'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Eden's Glory'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Eden's Glow'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Red Riding Hood'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Starfire'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Barten' LILAC FLAME
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Katherine'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Barfourteen' PURPLE FLAME
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Bartwelve' PINK FLAME
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Little Boy'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Little Princess'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Miss Kelly'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Miss Universe'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Empty Feelings'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Düsterlohe' NICKY
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'David's Lavender'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Prince of Orange'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Grenadine Dream'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
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USDA Hardiness Zone 8 experiences winter minimum temperatures between10 to 20°F. This collection includes 5587 plants specifically suited for Zone 8 conditions, including perennials, shrubs, ornamental trees.
Understanding Your Hardiness Zone
The USDA hardiness zone is based on average annual minimum winter temperature. While it's an excellent starting point, also consider your local microclimate, soil conditions, rainfall patterns, and summer heat when selecting plants.